All posts tagged "Tsa"

A new lawsuit is accusing the Department of Homeland Security of punishing protesters by taking away certain travel rights.

The Intercept, an online news agency, filed the lawsuit against DHS after the agency failed to respond to a records request made under the Freedom of Information Act. The records related to reports that immigration agents have retaliated by taking away passports, TSA PreCheck, and Global Entry access.

The filing detailed how "a civilian observing ICE submitted a declaration stating that her TSA PreCheck and Global Entry were revoked three days after an encounter with immigration enforcement officials."...

TMZ called out a pair of Senate Republicans for hitting the road and leaving Washington, D.C., without a TSA deal on Friday.

House GOP lawmakers on Friday rejected a DHS funding bill passed overnight in the Senate, which would exclude federal immigration enforcement agencies from the major spending bill. The move left House Republicans fighting over the next moves just as GOP senators had left town for Easter recess.

TMZ caught Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) heading to board a plane early Friday at Reagan National Airport and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) seated on a flight. ...

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has claimed the department had no idea they would be deployed on a new operation.

Donald Trump's team has placed ICE agents in airports across the country to assist the Transportation Security Administration during the Department of Homeland Security's shutdown. TSA employees have been increasingly absent as the shutdown affects their pay, with about 3,400 TSA agents calling out of work on Sunday, according to BBC.

Republicans and Democrats have yet to find an agreeable fix to the DHS bill, which so far includes funding for ICE agents. Dem representatives have held firm and refused to vote through the current bill proposal. ...

Ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was accused of lying to Congress after a watchdog group had warned about "serious vulnerabilities" at airport security checkpoints in the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog report revealed several concerns about the TSA's screenings at airport security lines, the new policy allowing passengers to keep their shoes on, according to CBS News. Five months after the memo, the agency still hadn't responded to the findings.

Noem, during a hearing with congressional leaders, told lawmakers that “all of the recommendations” outlined by the inspector general were addressed. ...

The Transportation Security Administration staffing crisis has hit a point that could impact one of the biggest events in President Donald Trump's year: the FIFA World Cup.

Ha Nguyen McNeill, the acting TSA administrator, said during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday that more than 480 TSA workers have quit since the DHS shutdown started 39 days ago, Politico reported. She cited workers who sleep in their cars, sell their own blood or plasma, or take on second jobs to try and make ends meet while the government shutdown has left them unpaid.

And with millions of people set to arrive in the U.S. for the major sporting event, he flagged looming chaos....

After months of saying that ICE agents need to wear masks so they don't get doxxed, President Donald Trump said this week that they should not wear masks while working at airports.

In an MS NOW opinion piece from Jarvis DeBerry, the opinion editor described how Trump had reversed his initial stance on masks, and noted the hypocrisy of this move considering that law enforcement officers across America go to work daily with their names on their chests and faces visible.

And as the partial government shutdown hits the 40-day mark and airport security lines leave lengthy wait times — while TSA staffing shortages continue and workers go without pay — the move to bring ICE agents to airports has raised questions about why Republicans have argued the federal officers need to conceal their identities. ...